Glass House

Post-trial retaliation cascades: Coalition servers wiped, Sarah financially erased, Thorne's political machinery suppresses evidence release. Park arrested. Near-miss on balcony interrupted by Lyle's tripwire alert - DataCorp AI in active testing with team on priority target list.

Kate, Malcolm, and Lyle testify. Prosecution cross-examines effectively. Prison notes exchange deepens - Kate and Malcolm share Houston trauma, admit fears about intimacy and commitment. Mixed verdict: acquitted on B&E/property/assault, convicted on computer fraud.

Courtroom battle over stolen DataCorp evidence; Sarah and Becca testify. Lyle gives pivotal technical testimony about the AI targeting system. New section 6: Richard Thorne POV from Georgetown study - monitors trial, manipulates senator, manages media cycle, reveals his patient political...

Kate strategizes with Park in jail. Prosecution offers formal plea deal (7-10 years); all three defendants reject it to preserve the truth about DataCorp. Lyle writes code by hand. Sarah and Becca meet Li Chen and raid Tacoma records facility. Trial opens with competing narratives.

Kate and team infiltrate DataCorp HQ, Lyle corrupts 93% of AI backups. Arrested by police. Hale POV shows damage assessment and phone call to Richard Thorne, revealing the Hale-Thorne partnership that predates DataCorp - Hale builds the tech, Thorne builds the political infrastructure.

Malcolm reflects during interrogation that the anonymous lawyer and NDA feel too institutional for a tech CEO - the legal strategy suggests old political power, someone who knew how to silence people before Hale existed. Plants breadcrumb toward Thorne.

Malcolm relays Sarah's discovery that political machinery targeting activists predates DataCorp by years; Lyle finds communication infrastructure with 2014 server registrations. Both plant breadcrumbs toward Thorne as the hidden power behind Hale.

Kate meets journalist Becca Torres at Pike Place Market. Becca reveals her investigation into DataCorp's suspicious deaths and stock trades, noting that shell company trails lead to political donors active before DataCorp existed—suggesting someone else provides Hale's political cover.

Malcolm's team meets Sarah Chen who reveals DataCorp's escalation ladder. New details plant mystery of RT consultation and someone above Hale in the hierarchy. Sniper attack forces escape to Aurora safe house.